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    Notebook HDD partition

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by elijahRW, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. elijahRW

    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    I have a 100 GB external 2.5" Hard Drive that I've been using.
    Recently the Drive died so I got my hands on a 250GB 2.5" HDD.

    I Put in in the HDD enlosure and plugged it into my computer.
    It recognized the HDD and when I went to my computer I saw 2 hard drives besides the one in my computer.
    Then I realized that teh 250GB was partitioned.
    I want to un partition and make it 1 whole partition.
    Do I have to run XP setup on it and delete the partitions or is there an easier way?

    Thanks
     
    elijahRW, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Use GParted.
    I am not sure if you can merge partitions in GParted. If you cannot, you can backup the data on one of the partitions, delete that partition and extend/resize the other one to cover up the whole 250GB (or ~232GB) space.
     
    Andy, Oct 12, 2008
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    Gparted FTW.
     
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    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    How did you know it was 232GB :D
    Actually it's not funny. I know that HDD's arent exact in size but I was expecting something a little closer to 250GB?
    Why do I only have 232?

    BTW I just put it in a different notebook, booted from an xp cd and deleted the partitions.
     
    elijahRW, Oct 12, 2008
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  5. Andy

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    1GB = 1073741824 Bytes
     
    Andy, Oct 12, 2008
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